CNG 103, Lot: 1110. Estimate $2000. Sold for $20000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

TRANSYLVANIA, Principality. Mihai Apafi I. 1662-1690. AV 10 Dukát Klippe (44x43mm, 35.37 g, 12h). Alba Iulia (Karslburg / Gyulafehérvár) mint. Dated 1681 AI, though a later restrike. Half-length bust right, wearing plumed fur cap and holding lis-tipped scepter over shoulder and hilt of sword / Crowned coat-of-arms. Resch 238 var. (shape); MBR 2610 var. (same); KM 480 var. (same); Friedberg 452 var. (same). EF.

Ex Dr. Lawrence A. Adams Collection (Triton XIX, 5 January 2016), lot 2688 (hammer $22,500, but not paid), purchased from M. Louis Teller, May 1985.